CHEYENNE – On Thursday, Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray filed a motion to dismiss a recent filing in U.S. District Court for Wyoming, Newcomb v. Chuck Gray.
The lawsuit, filed by Tim Newcomb, seeks to remove Donald Trump and Cynthia Lummis from future ballots in Wyoming.
“The attempt to remove Donald Trump and Cynthia Lummis from the ballot is outrageously wrong and repugnant to our electoral process,” Gray said in a statement. “Today, we filed a motion to dismiss this blatant, radical attempt to interfere with Wyoming’s elections. The weaponization of the Fourteenth Amendment to remove political opponents from the ballot undermines the sanctity of the Constitution. We are committed to protecting the integrity of our elections and ensuring that the people of Wyoming can choose who to elect for themselves.”
Newcomb's complaint, filed in November, is one of many attempts in U.S. courts to disqualify the former president from ballot access. The lawsuit attempted to build a case that the former president violated his oath through conspiring with other nations, his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and refusing to concede for a period of time after the 2020 presidential election.
By extension, Newcomb cited statements in support of the former president by Lummis, arguing that she also betrayed her oath by refusing to certify Pennsylvania’s 2020 election results in January 2021.
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